10 Movies That Remind You Imagination Is Wonderful
3. Harvey
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Other than that statue in the yard at the beginning of the movie (sorry if that ruins it for anybody), Harvey is wonderful. Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, it tells the story of Elwood P. Dowd and his invisible spirit-friend Harvey, a six-foot tall pooka who looks like a rabbit. Similarly to Sheldon in Death to Smoochy, Jimmy Stewarts Elwood demonstrates the power of a positive state of mind, and reaches the people around him not through sermons or force, but just by the light from his own example. Elwood is even more of a benign figure than Sheldon, as there isnt an angry bone in his body. Elwood is perceived as a mentally unsound person. Or at least heavily inebriated. But as the movie goes on, more of the characters question what is normal and what is abnormal through Elwoods uncompromising happiness. This movie is like a breath of fresh air. It reminds us to take a step back from our bad days and think about our behavior, how we treat people and who we accept behind our actions. And if youre a nonconformist, its an affirmation.